Is there a link in Lincolnshire to the missing princes of 15th Century English monarchy?

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The visit also created a mystery over the choice of MP made by the Grimsby burgesses who selected someone to represent them in Parliament, but were overruled by The Duke of Gloucester who imposed Robert More as the MP for Grimsby in 1474 when King Edward IV ruled.

He reigned until 1483 when Richard took power.

In March 2015, the last Plantagenet king was re-buried at Leicester Cathedral.

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Discoverer of the King in the car park, Philippa langley is welcomed to Grimsby by Steve Hipkins head of cultural services, left and Sharon Lock, operations manager at Grimsby library.

But the Renaissance Prince, who was well-read and educated, transformed commerce in the land, forcing wealth Italian merchants to keep a lot of their money in England.

The screenwriter, who received her MBE in 2015 said: “When you read about his history you see a man who was loyal, brave, pious and just.”

She added: “He was not a saint. He was a medieval man, complex and flawed. But what you see in him is a man of immense courage and conviction in what he believed in. His is a compelling story of the human condition.”

She said Lincolnshire coast and the North Yorkshire coast was important to the king because so much trade was done with northern European countries and ports such as Grimsby were crucial for import and exports.

Richard III is also credited with making the oath at his crowning ceremony at Westminster in English and not Latin, in order than ordinary people could understand it.

He also ensured all laws were translated in English to the benefit of the population as a whole.